The majestic Blue Nile Falls-Lake Tana Ethiopia
The Blue Nile falls into a canyon to form one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Africa,--150 feet high and about a half mile wide, these millions of gallons of water cascade downward creating a cloud of mist which is called Tisisat--"Smoke from Fire". Twenty-one miles below Gondar is Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, which Emperor Theodore caled "my mirror". This large heart-shaped body of water mirrors the majestic mountains around it, but quite often is a turbulent sea, as thunder storms flash over it.
It is from Lake Tana that the Blue Nile flows to Sudan where it joins the White Nile to push its way through Egypt to the Mediteranean Sea. Lake Tana is the highest of Africa's lakes and covers over 1,000 square miles.
Excerpted from "ETHIOPIA-LAND OF ENCHANTMENT"
by Harry R. Atkins, M.A., F.R.G.S. Reprinted by permission,
all rights reserved.
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